The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the agreement,

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export.

Under the current terms of the proposal, the new US joint venture would receive a licensed copy of the recommendation algorithm that keeps TikTok users endlessly scrolling through clips on their smartphones.

A study in the International Journal of Critical Infrastructures discusses a financial early warning system based on an artificial jellyfish algorithm that combines machine learning with principles of the circular economy.

Scientists in the United States have come up with a physics-based algorithm that could one day make it possible for nuclear microreactors to adjust the power output based on need. The study was funded by the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy and was led by the University of Michigan.

A new physics-based algorithm clears a path toward nuclear microreactors that can autonomously adjust power output based on need, according to a University of Michigan-led study published in Progress in Nuclear Energy.